The subcommittee will hear testimony from Victorino Mercado, who is performing the duties of the assistant defense secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities; Neill Tipton, the director for defense intelligence (collection and special programs) in the office of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence; Maria Langan-Riekhof, the director of the strategic futures group at the National Intelligence Council; and Mary Miller, the principal deputy director of defense research and… [read post]